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About riverwriter

Poet, playwright, duplicate bridge player, website designer, cottager, husband, father, grandfather, former athlete, carpenter, computer helper for my friends, theatre designer, backstage polymath, retired teacher of highschool English, drama, art, a baritone singer in a barbershop quartet, who knows what else? wordcurrents is on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wordcurrents/ Doug also has a Facebook page, "Incognitio", related to his novels.

Drone

NaPoWriMo day 18: I attended a superb concert by Chorus Novus. Some old bird in the audience did what they do sometimes. (#1069) Continue reading

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Review: the comedy of errors by William Shakespeare

At first, I was somewhat concerned that the striking modern metallic set was sterile place for this comedy; but it soon became evident to me that it was really a superb visual context for the over-the-top style of the piece. … Continue reading

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Attrition

NaPoWriMo day 17: a friend will be leaving us. Euphemisms serve only to underline the fact. (#1068) Continue reading

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